Online Reading for Literacy Students and Emerging Readers
- UniteforLiteracy.com – Wide selection of easy books.
- Bow Valley ESL Literacy Readers – Short readers for adult learners.
- ABC English – Phonics and reading for adult learners. Some materials are free, some aren’t. The Reading Skills lessons have short readings followed by phonics and word-building skills.
- Starfall.com – Phonics and short readers. Designed for children, but works for some adults.
Printable Phonics Materials
- Lanternfish Phonics – Phonics materials. The site has many pages of other ESL materials too.
- ESLFlashcards.com – Many sets of phonics and vocabulary flashcards you can print for free.
Print Materials for Literacy and Low-Level Language Learners
There are many print materials. Here are a few to get started.
- Sam and Pat, Book 1 and Book 2 by Jo Anne Hartell, Betsy Lowry, et. al. – phonics-based reading
- The What’s Next series from New Readers Press – multi level and phonics-based reading; New Readers Press has many other books for emerging adult readers
- The True Stories series by Sandra Heyer – high interest stories; the lowest level books have picture panels
- Intercambio – used by Beaverton Literacy Council
- The Future textbook series from Pearson – a multi-level, multi-skills series with a literacy level and supplemental materials
- The Ventures textbook series from Cambridge Publishing – a multi-level, multi-skills series with a literacy level and supplemental materials
Literacy Networks in Portland, OR
- Portland Literacy Council
- Beaverton Literacy Council
- Portland ESL Network– Join the conversation on Facebook!
